Classical Music
Schlock of the new
Those in charge are in thrall to vain provocateur directors
High Drama on the Podium
Norman Lebrecht on the late, great Mariss Jansons who died on December 1st
Traditional rebels
Why music students are resisting the new teaching regime
Play it both ways, Dmitry
This new biography has set my feet pounding, for once in admiration rather than indignation
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Our AI overlords will end bigotry
Bring on the machines
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art